Browns release Jarvis Landry

 As expected at the beginning of free agency, the Cleveland Browns were unable to reach an agreement on a restructured contract with wide receiver Jarvis Landry and released the veteran after four seasons in Cleveland.

The veteran possession receiver caught 288 passes for over 3,500 yards and grabbed fifteen touchdowns in his Cleveland career with a 2021 season that saw him miss five games but still caught fifty-two passes for 570 yards and two touchdowns, which were all career-lows.

Landry was obtained in the first major move of the John Dorsey era from the Miami Dolphins in 2018 in exchange for fourth and seventh-round picks in 2018 and 2019 drafts in what was a trade very similar to how the Browns added Amari Cooper in acquiring a proven player from a team that has cap problems for a cost far below the players worth.

Add into the equation that Jarvis Landry always showed up to play, played through injury at a physically taxing position in the slot, didn't mind blocking, and embraced the challenge of helping a belittled franchise raise itself from the bottom of the league and it's not hard to see why Cleveland fans wanted to see Jarvis Landry find a way to stay a Brown.

However, with Landry turning thirty during next season, scheduled to earn fifteen million next season (along with Cooper's twenty), and a body that may be aging early, I understand the Browns deciding to move away from Landry at his cost for next season.

That does leave Cleveland in a pickle as unless the Browns are able to land Allen Robinson of the Bears, who is the most accomplished free-agent wideout, the Browns are back in a situation of needing to select a receiver in either the first or second round.

The Browns currently have Cooper, Donovan Peoples-Jones, Anthony Schwartz, Rashard Higgins (who is likely to be elsewhere), JaMarcus Bradley, and Ryan Switzer on their roster and that's not a massive improvement at this time over the group that ended the season.

The Browns are rumored (by some) to be involved with talks with Allen Robinson  and should the Browns land Robinson the need at wideout will be decreased, although not eliminated.

Otherwise, this is a group with some work to be done by Andrew Berry and company.

I'll miss Jarvis Landry's leadership and professionalism but I'm understanding of the situation, now it's Andrew Berry's turn to take center stage to add more weapons for Baker Mayfield for 2022.